§203. Judicial advertisements, publication, exceptions

When publication is required by law of any notice of a judicial sale, or of the filing of a tableau of distribution, account, application for appointment or for authority, or of any other notice in a judicial proceeding:

(1) When only one publication is required by the applicable code or statutory provision, the newspaper advertisement of such notice shall be published at least ten days before the date of the judicial sale, or the expiration of the delay allowed in the notice for the filing of an opposition or answer, or for any other appearance or act;

(2) When two publications are required of notice of a judicial sale by public auction, the first newspaper advertisement of such notice shall be published at least thirty days before the date of the judicial sale, and the second advertisement shall be published not earlier than seven days before, and not later than the day before, the judicial sale;

(3) The first newspaper advertisement of the notice required by Article 3282 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, to authorize the private sale of immovable property of a succession, shall be published at least twenty days before, and the second newspaper advertisement shall be published the day before, the commencement of the delay allowed for the filing of an opposition to the proposed sale.

(4) When the court orders additional advertisements of notice of a judicial sale, Paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this Section, whichever is applicable, must be complied with. The additional advertisements shall be published prior to the judicial sale, or prior to the commencement of the delay allowed for the filing of an opposition or answer, as the case may be, on the dates designated in the court order; or, if not so designated, on the dates designated by the party requesting the publication.

In computing the required interval of time after the advertisement provided in Paragraph (1) of this Section, or after the first advertisement provided in Paragraph (2) of this Section, neither the date of such advertisement nor the date of the expiration of the delay, or the date of the judicial sale, as the case may be, is included. In computing the required interval of time after the first advertisement provided in Paragraph (3) of this Section, neither the date of such advertisement nor the date of the commencement of the delay for the filing of an opposition thereto is included.

When Paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this Section, whichever is applicable, is complied with, the publication of a larger number of newspaper advertisements than required by law or by court order does not affect the validity of the publication, but the expense of the unnecessary advertisements may not be taxed as costs.

The provisions of this Section do not apply to, or otherwise affect, the judicial advertisements required by Articles 803, 4432, and 4624 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, or by R.S. 9:1583.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 34, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1961, No. 26, §1; Acts 1972, No. 627, §1.